Discourses on Sreemad Bhagavatam by Her Holiness Maa Purnanandaji

Gomathi Venkatraman
(Dubai)

Hari Aum!

I would wish to share my feelings, experiences and learning while attending Sreemad Bhagavatam and during the making of the children's programme.

By the grace of our Holy Guru Parampara, we were indeed blessed to enjoy the shravanam and the Darshan of Lord Krishna in the form of Sreemad Bhagavatam. The talks of Pujya Guru Maa Purnanandaji on Sreemad Bhagavatam filled us with Bhakti, Gyana, Vairagya and Ananda. I feel Lord Krishna who is the Jagadguru has come as our Guru Maa to help us to evolve spiritually. Maa was not only Lord Krishna but also Shuka Maharaj and made us feel as if we were on the banks of the sacred river Ganga, where Her Holiness addressed all the Parikshits in us and showered the nectar of Bhagavad Bhakti helping us with sadhanas to come out of this Samsara cycle of birth and death.

Maa patiently and elaborately explained the significance of the characters and glories of the Lord, and we were able to introspect into our own gunas and situations in life and what should be our ideal way of dealing with them.

Every day, we had devotees as Yajamans performing Arati at the Altar in accompaniment to the reverberating chants of " Narayana Narayana Narayana Narayana ", through which we experienced the glory and divinity of Sreemad Bhagavatam. When we as Yajamans carried Sreemad Bhagavatam on our head from the entrance to the Vyasa Peeth, we felt that the Lord himself is removing our ego and elevating us.

After the final session of Sreemad Bhagavatam, Maa beautifully guided nearly 50 families perform Vishnu Sahasranama Archana offering to Diyas symbolising the Effulgence of Consciousness.

Our family has been fortunate to be under the guidance and shelter of Maa, for the past 9 years. Our family and several Bal Satya parents and children were constantly connected with the divinity in us physically, mentally and intellectually while preparing and practicing the Sreemad Bhagavatam skit. Our Bala Satya children not only learnt their wonderful lines but also the lines of all the other children during their practice sessions. This is the real investment that we have done for our children- the love for the Lord.

Maa's Grace through the Talks on Sreemad Bhagavatam have indeed transformed us and changed the direction of our thoughts, words and actions towards the Supreme.

Our humble and heartfelt pranaams at the Lotus Feet of the Lord and Maa!